I was born as a tree trunk
In a beautiful estate
I was decorated with leaves and flowers
And surrounded by friends
One day,
I was separated from my
family
And taken to the factory
I was cut into several pieces
And coloured in different
colours
I am blue and red in colour
With a bit of green
A rubber was attached to the end of me
And I was put for sale
Now I am a pencil
Belonging to a beautiful girl
But I know that she doesn’t like me
Since I am half the size I used to be
My friend
By Hasanga De Silva
(Grade 4),
St. Paul’s Girls’ School, Milagiriya
My best friend is Pamodi Malidika Ariyawansa. She
is nine years old. Her
birthday is on December 7. She lives at Miriswatta. She goes to St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya.
She has one brother and no sisters. Her father is a doctor and mother is a teacher. Her hobby is reading. Her favourite subject is English. She wants to be a doctor.
Something I’m proud of
By Thisura Perera (7 years),
Defence Services College, Colombo 2
I am proud to be the Chess Captain in Defence Services
College –
Grade 2 section.
I won all the chess matches which were held on October 23, at the Rathnaweli B.V., Borella.
On that day I won all the five chess matches and I won the Board Prize for under 8 years. But my team didn’t have a chance to be selected for the final. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. I will do my best and make my team the best team next time when we play.
I am very proud to be a chess player and the Defence College under 8 Team ‘A’ Captain.
Importance of sports
By Zakkey Irshad (Grade 5),
Hejaaz Int. School, Mt. Lavinia
Sports are very important to the human body. Sports keep us physically and
mentally fit. We can also get rid of many illnesses through sports. Doing sports is fun too. Playing football, cricket and doing athletics is very enjoyable. Doing sports like cricket, football, rugby, hockey and other team games shows us how to work together.
Many people especially children, like to play sports. We can do sports in our leisure time, rather than watching the television or listening to the radio. Doing sports keeps our body free from illness. We should do sports regularly, to get real benefits. The sports activity we choose must be likeable
to us.
Myself
By Shenise Pronk (Grade 1),
Lakeland Inter-American School, Ratmalana
My name is Shenise. I am seven years old. I like to eat cake. I like drink juice.
I have one sister and two brothers. I go to Lakeland Inter-American School.
The father of free education
By Amra Amsudeen
(15 years),
Crescent Schools Int.
Christopher William Wijekoon Kannangara was born into a poor family. He showed his talents in
studies from his young days. He won a scholarship and entered Richmond College in Galle for higher studies. There he had to face a lot of
hardships.
He worked with the intention
that “I shall not allow future
generations to face the sufferings that I had to undergo because of the British Imperialism.”
After finishing his studies, he joined Richmond College as a teacher in 1910. He later taught at Prince of Wales College in Moratuwa.
In 1923, he was selected as a Member of Parliament in the Constitutional Council.
In 1930, he was appointed as the chairman of the Ceylon National Congress. He was known as the ‘Father of Free Education’, in honour of the services done for free education. He is considered as a national
treasure.
C.W.W. Kannangara provided schools with all the facilities to make a complete citizen.
My mother
By Leandra Don
(Grade 3),
Negombo South Int. School, Piliyandala
My mother’s name is Thushari. She is 36 years old. She always teaches us good manners. She is strict when we do
naughty things. She is
kind to us when we respect her.
She makes tasty meals and juices. She helps me in my studies. She is an old student of Panadura Good Shepherd Convent.
I won’t ever get a mother like her
anywhere. I love my mother very much.
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